With new member Brooks Koepka in the fold as of Wednesday, LIV Golf announced most of its field for its first US event—next week’s invitational at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club outside of Portland, Oregon.
Commissioner Jay Monahan announced changes to the PGA Tour’s structure, schedule and FedEx Cup in a press conference at the Travelers Championship on Wednesday.
PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan was tight-lipped when asked about three overseas events worth $US20 million ($A29 million) that will be added to the US circuit at the end of 2023.
Does LIV Golf have its new next big name signed for the breakaway series? According to reports in The Guardian and Sky Sports, it does as the Saudi-backed league will announce that four-time Major winner Brooks Koepka is joining ahead of the second LIV Golf Invitational event next week at Pumpkin Ridge outside of Portland.
Amid all the chaotic content surrounding the launch of the Saudi-backed LIV Golf series, Rory McIlroy has been adamant that he will remain loyal to the PGA Tour. Fitting, then, that he picked up his 21st PGA Tour victory just one day after the completion of the first LIV Golf Invitational event outside London.
Jay Monahan has his hands full this week and beyond – you know, his tour’s existential crisis and everything – but the leaderboard at this week’s RBC Canadian Open should bring a smile to the PGA Tour commissioner’s face.
So, how was it for you? Did the earth move? Or was an underwhelming feeling of “meh” the prevailing aftertaste after three days of no-cut, guaranteed money tournament golf at The Centurion Club north of London?
In the end, a tournament did eventually break out. After all the talk of politics, “sports washing”, human rights abuses and who might or might not be playing next time out, the golf took over – as it tends to do amid even the most controversial of controversies.
Australian Golf Digest
